Portugal national beach soccer team

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Portugal

Nickname(s)	Selecção das Quinas
Association	Federação Portuguesa de Futebol
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Mário Narciso
Most caps	Madjer (584)
Top scorer	Madjer (1090)
FIFA code	POR
BSWW ranking	3 (8 April 2024)[1]
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Portugal 15–0 Moldova  (Jesolo, Italy; 2 September 2016)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 11–2 Portugal  (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 March 2000)
World Cup
Appearances	19
Best result	Champions (2001, 2015 and 2019)

The Portugal national beach soccer team represents Portugal in international beach soccer competitions, and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for Portuguese football. The team has participated in 19 of the 22 editions of the Beach Soccer World Cup (organised by FIFA since 2005), and its best results are three victories in 2001 (Costa do Sauipe, Brazil), 2015 (Espinho, Portugal), and 2019 (Luque, Paraguay). Alongside Brazil, Portugal is the only team to have won the world title before and after FIFA assumed the government of beach soccer worldwide. In European competitions, Portugal is record holder of titles.

Results and fixtures[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021[edit]

Portugal  v  Oman

20 August 2021 (2021-08-20) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	5–3	Oman	Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3	L. Martins 2', 11', 21' Costa 20' Andrade 24'	Report (FIFA)	Al-Zadjali 11' Al-Sinani 13' Costa 14' (o.g.)	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,019 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Portugal  v  Senegal

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Portugal	3–5	Senegal	Moscow, Russia
20:30 UTC+3	Von 9' Pinhal 18' (pen.) Lourenço 24'	Report (FIFA)	Mendy 9', 24' Man. Diagne 11' (pen.), 33' Diatta 35'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gonzalo Carballo (El Salvador)

Uruguay  v  Portugal

24 August 2021 (2021-08-24) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D	Uruguay	7–6	Portugal	Moscow, Russia
19:00	Bella 6', 10' L. Quinta 9', 23', 25' Laens 26' Guerrero 32'	Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA)	L. Martins 3', 12', 16', 22', 25' Von 5'	Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar)

Coaching staff[edit]

Current coaching staff[edit]

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Coach: Mário Narciso
Assistant coach: Luís Bilro
Assistant coach: Tiago Reis

Managerial history[edit]

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• Mário Narciso (????–)

Team[edit]

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Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  POR Tiago Petrony 2 FW  POR Pedro Marques 3 MF  POR André Lourenço 4 DF  POR Bruno Torres 5 FW  POR Miguel Pintado 6 MF  POR Rodrigo Pinhal 7 MF  POR Ruben Brilhante

No. Pos. Nation Player 8 MF  POR Bê Martins 9 FW  POR João Gonçalves 10 MF  POR Belchior 11 FW  POR Léo Martins 12 GK  POR Elinton Andrade 13 MF  POR Fabio Costa 14 GK  POR Pedro Mano

Head coach: Mário Narciso

1st assistant coach: Diago dos Reis

2nd assistant coach: Luis Pereira

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification (UEFA) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD		Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	27	15	+12		No qualification matches
2006	Fourth place	4th	6	4	0	2	43	24	+19
2007	Quarter-finals	8th	4	0	2	2	18	22	−4
2008	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	41	22	+19		Runners-up	2nd	7	6	0	1	47	12	+35
2009	Third place	3rd	6	4	0	2	32	24	+8		Fourth place	4th	7	5	0	2	47	29	+18
2011	Third place	3rd	6	4	1	1	33	12	+21		Runners-up	2nd	7	5	1	1	37	25	+12
2013	did not qualify										Round of 16	–	4	2	0	2	21	9	+12
2015	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	32	18	+14		Automatically qualified as hosts
2017	Quarter-finals	8th	4	1	1	2	15	10	+5		Third place	3rd	8	7	0	1	61	14	+47
2019	Champions	1st	6	4	1	1	33	20	+13		Fifth place	5th	8	5th	1	2	56	21	+35
2021	Group stage	10th	3	1	0	2	14	15	-1		Third place	3rd	6	5th	0	1	24	12	+12
2024	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	0	2	16	11	+5		Playoffs	–	4	4	0	0	28	13	+15
2025	to be determined										to be determined
Total	2 titles	10/11	52	30	4	15	288	182	+106		0 titles	8/9	51	39	2	10	321	135	+186

Medals[edit]

Last Update: 5 March 2024 ^[3]

Honours[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Portugal at FIFA
• Portugal at BSWW
• (in Russian) Portugal at Beach Soccer Russia